Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Monday's farm photos (a day late)

Seeding season. Gillen and Jesse have decided to start their own gardens in our back yard at home this week. So they are ordering their own seeds as well as seeding at the farm. What was once a volley ball court is now one third of their farm. I'll take corn, herbs and watermelon over volleyball. At home, I get the firsts, not the seconds, and not only when they aren't sold out. Not that I'm complaining ;) Arugula:Radicchio:Puddles of spring:

We have not built up enough soil yet - we really are in the mountains of Tennessee! What little we do have keeps washing away. Nothing...nothing but rock here. We did put things in huge containers last year but that's just not the same :(

Angie, in a word - labor. They take care of the weeds (by hoeing) right away and also Nicolas makes sure to put lots of low-weed varieties in the tunnels (not only low weed varieties, but there are lots interspersed). He wants me to point out that I don't take pictures of the most weedy beds. Maybe that will be the theme next Mon. - weeds. oops, This is Madeline, posting as Gillen

This year we are putting in our first ever organic garden in the tiniest of suburban lots. We are so excited to have seedlings of our own!! That reminds me I wanted to post those photos... I'm so inspired by you- thanks for sharing.

Have I mentioned how much I love "Monday's farm photos"? Keep 'em coming!

My kiddos, too, are making noises about wanting their own garden plots, which they often do this time of the year. It'll be interesting to see whether that actually manifests this year rather than remaining in the sounds like a good idea category.

About Me

I am an unschooling mom of two boys who are now 12 and 15. I have been married for seventeen years to Nicolas who is from Belgium and is an organic vegetable farmer. We love to travel but farming doesn't always make that really easy. Fortunately, we have close family in Holland, Montana, NY, MA and Australia so in order to see them we hope to be forced to occasionally take a big trip... in the meantime, we farm, play yu-gi-oh, play baseball, make up games, watch movies, play world of warcraft and hang out with friends.